Donnappa, Ḍoṇṇappa: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ḍoṇṇappa (ಡೊಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ):—

1) [noun] a fat, corpulent man.

2) [noun] a useless, bulky man; a lubber3) [noun] ಉಂಬೋಕೆ ಡೊಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ, ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ [umboke donnappa, kelasakke matra annappa] umbōke ḍoṇṇappa, kelasakke mātra aṇṇappa (prov.) (said of a lazy lubber) to be always ready for food, but never so for labour.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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